“We do not travel only for business. We were on vacation in Switzerland… we traveled both for business and vacation,” Petrov said, adding that they once celebrated the New Year in Switzerland.

While Moscow has been repeatedly castigated for alleged involvement in the poisoning of ex-double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the Kremlin maintains the allegations are not based on solid facts. It in turn blamed London for trying to hush up and even “destroy” evidence in the high-profile case.

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